Candidate D. Kuiper was installed into the office of the ministry Friday evening, Sept. 29, with Rev. G. Vanden Berg, of Oak Lawn, officiating. Rev. Vanden Berg chose to preach on, “And I will set shepherds over them which shall feed them”, found in Jeremiah 23:4. The sermon’s theme was, “Shepherds,…
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REPORT OF CLASSIS EAST—October 4, 1967 At Holland, Michigan Rev. R. C. Harbach led in the opening devotions, and declared. Classis properly constituted after all the Credentials were read and adopted. Rev. H. Veldman then presided, and Rev. Harbach recorded the minutes. All the churches were represented by two delegates…
THE INVITATION SYSTEM, by Iain Murray; 32 pages (paper); Banner of Truth Trust, London, England; distributed by Puritan Publications, P.O. Box 652, Carlisle, PA 17013. Price: 15 cents. This is a very worthwhile booklet, as are many of the books and booklets published by the Banner of Truth Trust. THE…
The office in general to which our Lord was delegated was that of Mediator between God and men. It is to be noted that “the office is essentially one, not three. We may indeed distinguish the one office into three aspects of it that are denoted by the terms prophet, priest and king;…
We now continue with our quotation from Philip Schaff. (Vol. III, 988 ff.), on the life of Augustine. Augustine, the man with upturned eye, with pen in the left hand, and a burning heart in the right (as he is usually represented), is a philosophical and theological genius of the first…
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt…
CONFESSION OF GUILT The following article appeared in the R.E.S. News Exchange: CONFESSION OF GUILT The following article appeared in the R.E.S. News Exchange: Following an animated discussion, the General Synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken) decided to express guilt for the church conflict that led in 1944…
From the moment of his creation man had a calling. From the moment of his creation man had a calling. In Genesis 2:15 we read, “And the Lord God took the man, and put him in the garden to dress it and keep it.” Whatever that work in that day consisted in…
“O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Psalm 96:9 “O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Psalm 96:9 Before we consider the meaning of the various elements that constitute our public worship, there are some matters that demand prior consideration. A general orientation in the science…
NOT AN ABSTRACT THEORY ON BIBLICAL PSYCHOLOGY (Vss. 11-13) NOT AN ABSTRACT THEORY ON BIBLICAL PSYCHOLOGY (Vss. 11-13) Biblical scholars often have a strong leaning toward theorizing and dogmatizing on the concepts of a given text. When this is brought into the text, the result is not interpretation of the…
(Editor’s Note: At our last annual staff meeting it was decided to introduce a new department in our Standard Bearer which would feature worthwhile articles from early volumes of our magazine which are no longer available to most of our readers. It was felt that there were a goodly number…
At the conclusion of my last editorial on this subject I promised to say more about this matter of being “abstract.” This I now do. And I do it because I am convinced that here we are getting at the heart of the entire. theological conflict exemplified in the “Dekker…
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” Psalm 100:4, 5 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with…